On Sat April 1 2006 11:14, Craig White wrote: > I'm not sure that was helpful > Everything below is good advice, but, if it were I, I'd still try cleaning the cd-rom first. The tip-off in his post was the fact that he passed the media-test with one disk a first time, and failed when he checked the same disk the second time. Old cd-roms are pretty notorious around here, where I have to keep up with around 100 machines, some of which are very old. Your suggestions are good, but if he's dealing with a flaky drive, it's not going to matter. > There is a method to check the sum of the images to make sure > that the images you downloaded are complete - that is called > sha1sum > http://fedoranews.org/mediawiki/index.php/Where_can_I_find_sha >1sum_program_for_Windows%3F > > If you can verify that the images are complete via the > checksum, you need not waste any more time downloading them. > > The next issue is whether the disks were burned properly - > that is why the media check is part of the installer but I can > tell you that burning new cd's on new computers at > 12x can > cause problems with old computers and old cd drives. Suggest > that you burn them at 4x. > > Specific help might be found here - the FC 5 installation > guide > > http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/fedora-install-guide-en/fc5/ > > for specific help with downloading...though I don't think you > need it. > > http://fedora.redhat.com/download/ > > Craig -- Claude Jones Bluemont, VA, USA
